Sunday, November 18, 2012

Historic visit of first U.S. President to travel to Myanmar. Good move.President Obama's visit encourages reform and let us not forget, helps Burma to be less dependent on China. How times have changed; when I was there just a few short years ago, one couldn't even mention the name of Aung San Suu Kyi. And today, President Obama is scheduled to meet with this symbol of democracy. Check out my Burma chapter in "The Scattered Tribe," (Globe Pequot Press) Blog: www.bengfrank.blogspot.com

About Me

Ben G. Frank , author, journalist, is considered one of this country’s most distinguished travel writers and commentators on Jewish communities around the world. He is the author of the just-published “The Scattered Tribe: Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond,” (Globe Pequot Press) as well as “A Travel Guide to Jewish Europe,3rd edition,” “A Travel Guide to Jewish Russia & Ukraine, and “A Travel Guide to the Jewish Caribbean and South America.” A former newspaper reporter, he has given talks at book fairs, and his many lectures, including the Museum of the City of New York and the 92nd st. Y. His books have been cited and reviewed in The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Miami Herald and he has appeared on hundreds of radio and tv talkshows. A public relations person, he is president of the Frank Promotion Corp. a public relations firm, specializing in radio-tv talkshows. He is a B.A. cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and an M.A. graduate of the Center of Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University. He lives with his wife in Palm Beach County, FL.